Graduate Research Papers
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Abstract
A content analysis technique was used to examine 16 children's books to determine whether the growth and development of the 24 main characters fit the growth and development of real-life children of the same chronological age.
Books published since 1982 with main characters who were eight, nine, ten, and eleven years of age were selected from Booklist and Best Books for Children. ·Descriptions and actions of the main characters were examined in the categories of general behavior, self-concept, social relations, and school orientation. Four hypotheses relating to these four categories were rejected and the researcher concluded that as depleted in the 16 books analyzed children are not growing up too quickly.
The factors that affected the study were the lack of such categories on the profile instrument as family situation, clothing attitudes, and subjective wording of the developmental profile instrument.
Year of Submission
1988
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Library Science
First Advisor
Elizabeth Martin
Date Original
7-1988
Object Description
1 PDF file (iii, 53 pages)
Copyright
©1988 Cynthia Rapp Hartman
Recommended Citation
Hartman, Cynthia Rapp, "Growing Up Too Fast" (1988). Graduate Research Papers. 3009.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/3009
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